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A unique museum on Russian kerchief and shawl is opened in Pavlovsky Posad.This town has been known for its silk patterned cloth and woolen printed kerchiefs for more than a hundred years. The Museum was founded by the initiative of townsman V.F.Shishenin. Collection of kerchiefs, shawls, women's head-dress and units of everyday life of the 18th-20th centuries gathered by Shishenin became the basis of Museum funds. One of the aims of the Museum is to show a kerchief in all its diversity dividing by types of cloth, methods of decoration and as essential part of Russian traditional costume. You can visit the Museum only if you book tickets beforehand. Tel.(243) 2-2519.